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Article: Album Review

Various Artists: Jimmy Dawkins Presents the Leric Records Story

Read "Jimmy Dawkins Presents the Leric Records Story" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones

The term “stalwart" wasn't invented for Jimmy Dawkins, but as far as the Chicago blues scene is concerned that's just what he is. His stinging, succinct guitar has graced too many sessions to mention, while back in the 1980s he owned the label that's compiled on this title. Now the 1980s wasn't a ...

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Various Artists: Larkin's Jazz

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by Bruce Lindsay

Philip Larkin is one of the best-loved British poets of the twentieth century--the man who claimed in Annus Mirabilis that “Sexual intercourse began in nineteen-sixty-three..." A librarian at the University of Hull in the north-east of England, he was a complex character whose poems were often witty and well-observed but could also appear cynical and contemptuous. ...

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Various Artists: Earth Music - Ten Years of Meridian Music: Composers in Performance

Read "Earth Music - Ten Years of Meridian Music: Composers in Performance" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose

Earth Music commemorates a decade of musical art presentations by the forward-thinking Bay Area Gallery founded on and operating under the firm conviction that significant art increases social, philosophical and spiritual change. It seems popular now to support the new music, which by those two words seems to imply--and this is becoming odious too--the entire artistic ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Pianos in the Foreground: Six Modern Masters

Read "Pianos in the Foreground: Six Modern Masters" reviewed by Eugene Holley, Jr.

by Eugene Holley, Jr.

Because of its huge range, the piano might be the most expressive and adaptable instrument in western music. And since jazz is a product of western culture, it's no surprise that jazz pianists have been the genre's foremost creators, interpreters and stylists. This has been true since the days of ragtime, New Orleans, stride and swing, ...

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A Peep Into The World of Putumayo

Read "A Peep Into The World of Putumayo" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose

The Putumayo label has been doing a remarkable job of bringing music from different corners of the world to hungry new ears, always including an element of surprise in the repertoire. Almost every album is brimful with tracks that delight and are a reminder that there are many more musicians out there than the industry is ...

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Various Artists: Django’s Spirit. A Tribute To Django Reinhardt

Read "Django’s Spirit. A Tribute To Django Reinhardt" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones

Any tribute to a musician as phenomenal as Django Reinhardt leaves itself open to criticism, so all embracing was the guitar icon's ability to push at the boundaries, still felt to this day. Django's Spirit. A Tribute To Django Reinhardt isn't so much in Reinhardt's spirit as it is an attempt at bringing his work up ...

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Article: Album Review

Various Artists: Murder. Songs From The Dark Side Of The Soul

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by Nic Jones

Themed compilations such as Murder. Songs From The Dark Side Of The Soul afford opportunity to hear just how diverse a range of interpretations a theme can provoke. Here the title is self-explanatory and that element of diversity exists in abundance. Sonny Boy Williamson's “Your Funeral My Trial" is still as irresistible as ever; ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Fire In My Bones: Raw, Rare & Otherworldly African-American Gospel 1944-2007

Read "Fire In My Bones: Raw, Rare & Otherworldly African-American Gospel 1944-2007" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Various Artists Fire In My Bones: Raw, Rare & Otherworldly African-American Gospel 1944-2007 Tompkins Square Records 2009 “Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire ...

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News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: December 28, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 6 Carla Bley Carla’s Christmas Carols (ECM) 163 192 -29 12 62 1 3 2 20 46 The Airmen Of Note Cool Yule (Self Released) 143 103 +40 6 29 2 3 3 8 3 Eric Alexander Revival Of The Fittest (HighNote) 140 ...

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Article: Year in Review

AAJ's Top 15 Interviews of 2009

Read "AAJ's Top 15 Interviews of 2009" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

With nearly 150 interviews published in 2009, AAJ continues to provide the most extensive jazz coverage on the web. We also expanded our interview coverage to include, for those surrounding new CD releases: associated Daily Download tracks; accompanying CD reviews; contest giveaways; and more. As always, AAJ provided coverage of well-known artists ...


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